Tag: tree

  • Happy Valley – tribute to Edwin Harrold

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    A tribute to Edwin Harrold Cartoon created for The Orkney News column in the July 2018 edition of iScot magazine, written by Fiona Grahame. The quote, “What you don’t have, you don’t miss,” comes from an interview with Edwin Harrold’s former neighbour Ruby Spence, as outlined here. Edwin Harrold was by all accounts quite a…

    Edwin Harrold riding his bicycle fast with his pet rook flying beside. Plants grow in his wake and a little boy waves at him.
  • Cracked bastion

    Cracked bastion Cracked bastion is a lino-cut print inspired by the ruined wartime fortifications and twisted, wind-blasted trees which can be found throughout Orkney. This print will be on display (and for sale) in the Christmas open exhibition at the Pier Arts Centre in Stromness, from the 18th of November to the 23rd of December,…

    cracked bastion, lino-cut martin scott laird 2017
  • Loch Lomond in December

    Loch Lomond in December These photos were taken around sunrise on two consecutive mornings on Loch Lomond. Both days were calm and relatively clear, but cold and frosty.

    A long exposure photograph of the reflection of wooden piers sticking out of the waters of Loch Lomond, by Martin Scott Laird, 2017